Impossible Romance - Chapter 30

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30.

Kwon Seok-ha’s elongated eyes widened briefly before settling into a calm gaze. As Jun-hee opened the door and stepped into the room, he wasted no time—his lips found hers without a word.
Only then did Jun-hee grasp the weight of what she’d just said, and her heart stumbled in her chest.
‘Should I leave now?’
A fleeting moment of regret, and this was her last chance to turn back. But she didn’t want to. If there was anyone Jun-hee truly loved and could be with, it was Kwon Seok-ha.
Even if they parted ways later, she would never regret this moment. Perhaps she would only long for it more.
Jun-hee painted an unplanned farewell in her mind as she accepted his kiss. His hands moved tenderly through her hair, tracing down the nape of her neck.
Beneath the loose shirt, she realized now, she wore nothing. The thought embarrassed her, made her blush, yet strangely her stomach tightened with a delicious heat.
Everything surrounding them both felt intensely stimulating in this moment.
Kwon Seok-ha’s kiss was sweet and soft like the foam of a caramel latte. Jun-hee savored his lips as though drinking coffee, and it was more delicious than any kiss she’d ever shared.
Ironically, Kwon Seok-ha had been her first kiss. There had been no one else since. Perhaps that’s why her mind overlapped this moment with that time in college, when he’d kissed her impulsively behind the library.
No, forget the past. Maybe Jun-hee was searching for justification. The frightening face of Han Seon-young and the equally stern faces of her family suffocated her even now.
“Jun-hee.”
He pulled his lips away and cupped her cheek.
“Look only at me. Only at your older brother.”
Seeing her glistening eyes, he whispered, then lowered his head and lightly licked her earlobe.
“Mmh.”
As if a switch had been flipped, a tingling sensation rippled through her entire body.
‘Yes. Just for today, let me be honest. Just this once.’
Jun-hee convinced herself, granting herself one chance.
Kwon Seok-ha carried her toward the bed. She walked cradled in his arms, practically suspended. His strength was so reassuring that her feet barely touched the ground.
Adrenaline surged through her body, thrilled by his kiss. A pleasant rush made her heart race and lifted the corners of her mouth.
A fresh shampoo scent emanated from him as he buried himself in her neck. She loved it, so she ran her fingers through his hair.
Kwon Seok-ha paid no attention to her touch, focused entirely on his task. Standing just before the bed, he embraced her once more.
Jun-hee was startled by something firm pressing against her stomach, but she didn’t push him away. Led by him, she climbed onto the bed, and he descended upon her.
He was so large and powerfully built that Jun-hee felt as though she’d entered a cave. Even the ceiling light was overshadowed by his frame, unable to shine fully.
“Turn off the light.”
Yet the bright glow still felt burdensome. For someone being so impulsive, indulging in a transgression that would never happen again, darkness felt better.
Instead of turning off the main light, Kwon Seok-ha switched on the bedside lamp. A soft, warm yellow glow enveloped the bedroom in comfort.
“Mmh, ah….”
His hands moved swiftly to her, and her breathing grew ragged. His fingertips were delicate as they caressed her cheek and traced down her shoulder.
Her heart raced and pounded as if it would burst along the path his hands traced. It had been like this since she’d placed her hand over his on the doorknob.
Unlike his usual rough and taciturn demeanor, Kwon Seok-ha handled Jun-hee as though she were glass—as if the slightest pressure would shatter her.
Yet he too struggled against desire. When his hand traced the hollow of her waist and descended further, his grip tightened. Her delicate skin was completely captured in his palm.
“Ah, mmh! Ah….”
Jun-hee responded to him, tensing her toes. Her entire body had become sensitive to the smallest touch, and each greater stimulus shook her. Heat bloomed like flowers wherever his lips passed.

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‘I’ve lost my mind. Completely lost it.’
The brilliant sunlight forced my eyes open, and I immediately shut them again. Last night, drunk and inexplicably sentimental, I’d done something I absolutely shouldn’t have.
Acting like some tragic heroine from a melodrama.
“Sigh…”
This was all Shim Hyun-sung’s fault. No, it was Kwon Seok-ha’s fault for muddying my head with all that talk about repaying kindness. Actually, no—the real culprit was me, dancing to their tune.
Right beside me lay Kwon Seok-ha, his upper body bare, with my head resting on one of his arms.
‘This is insane.’
No matter how I thought about it, the situation was utterly mad. Just as I tried to slip my body away, his other arm came down, cradling me.
I startled, but swallowed my gasp and stared at him. His eyes were closed, though I couldn’t be certain if he was actually asleep.
But one thing was clear—I had to get out of here immediately. And it wasn’t just for my sake; it was for Kwon Seok-ha’s too. He’d be just as uncomfortable about this.
We’d both been drinking. Two healthy adults, alcohol, one house—it was an inevitable accident, I told myself. I had no intention of blaming Kwon Seok-ha. After all, it was I who’d suggested we sleep.
Carefully, I grasped his arm and lifted it away.
‘Is this arm made of iron?’
Built with natural strength and honed through exercise, his arm felt heavier than a lump of metal. Before he could wake, I cautiously moved it aside and barely managed to slip out of bed.
Thankfully, I still had my shirt on, but that was all. I hastily grabbed my pants and underwear from the floor and tiptoed carefully toward the door, rising on my heels.
“Jun-hee!”
The moment my hand touched the doorknob, his voice rang out. So he hadn’t been asleep after all.
“Y-yes?”
I was so startled I thought I might hiccup.
“Are you running away?”
“No. Well, yes. I think I came to the wrong room last night. That’s… that’s it, right? Let’s just say that happened.”
Clutching my pants and underwear, I spoke with a face on the verge of tears. It was almost a plea.
“I’ll have to think about that.”
Kwon Seok-ha sat up in bed. His defined chocolate-brown abs were fully exposed, and I blinked. The memory of resting my head against that chest just hours ago came flooding back, vivid and mortifying.
“Please. I can’t stay here.”
My voice came out small and desperate as I pleaded again.
“Alright. I’ll think about it. But before that…”
Kwon Seok-ha’s expression was more serious than ever.
“Yes?”
Gathering my courage, I barely managed to lift my gaze to meet his.
“Those underwear you’re holding—did you enjoy them so much you had to grip them that hard?”
“What? Ugh!”
I dropped the underwear straight onto the floor and fled the room, my face redder than a beet. Inside my head, curses tumbled out without end.

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Monday.
Jun-hee arrived at the office earlier than anyone else. Which meant, naturally, earlier than Kwon Seok-ha. The sweetness of Saturday night evaporated in an instant with the cold arrival of Sunday.
After spending that night with him, I lacked the courage to face him, so I wandered outside throughout the weekend. I told Kwon Seok-ha I had made other plans, but there were limits to how many times I could meet with friends.
As luck would have it, all my close friends had their own commitments that weekend, so drifting alone without any events proved difficult. As a result, I caught a cold for no good reason. Fortunately, it wasn’t the flu, so after taking medicine, I recovered somewhat.
‘Surely he understands by now.’
I hoped Kwon Seok-ha would recognize that night as a mistake, or that I intended to erase it from memory. Unable to face him even today, I rushed to the office at dawn.
Of course, I would see him at the company, but work was work. I tidied up the Secretary’s Office and even prepared his favorite coffee.
Before we both erased that night from our memories, Kwon Seok-ha said I should apologize first.

“Did you eat and run on me?”

That wasn’t quite it, but in any case, I had initiated things first.

“I’m apologizing out of principle. Don’t say things like ‘eat and run.’ That’s not what this is.”
“Either way, you want to forget it happened. It’s all the same.”

Kwon Seok-ha looked like a loan shark trying to secure leverage from this incident. It was infuriating, but since I was in the wrong either way, appeasing him took priority.
‘What do I do now?’
A sigh escaped my lips.
The door opened and someone entered.

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